The 2003 British Open was the 2003 edition of the

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professional

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tournament, that was held from 8–16 November 2003 at the

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, England. Stephen Hendry won the tournament by defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan nine frames to six in the final. The final saw a record 5 centuries in a row from the two players (three from O'Sullivan and two from Hendry, including a 135), which remains a joint record for consecutive centuries made between two players in a professional tournament match and is a standalone record for ranking events and finals. __TOC__

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: Winner: £52,000
Runner-up: £26,000
Semi-final: £13,000
Quarter-final: £9,500
Last 16: £7,450
Last 32: £5,600
Last 48: £3,900
Last 64: £2,750 Last 80: £1,750
Last 96: £1,100 Stage one highest break: £1,800
Stage two highest break: £5,000 Stage one maximum break: £5,000
Stage two maximum break: £20,000 Total: £450,000

Main draw

Final

Qualifying

Qualifying for the tournament took place at Pontins in

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between 21 and 25 September 2003.

Round 1

Best of 9 frames

Round 2–4

Century breaks

Qualifying stage centuries

* 145, 103 Ian McCulloch * 138, 126, 110 Andy Hicks * 138 Stephen Maguire * 135, 130, 103

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* 134, 117 Ricky Walden * 133 Fergal O'Brien * 132 Stuart Bingham * 132 Peter Lines * 131 Kwan Poomjang * 125

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* 123, 112

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* 121 Barry Pinches * 119 Gerard Greene * 118, 109, 103 Tom Ford * 117

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* 110, 107 Ryan Day * 110, 104 Andrew Norman * 106

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* 106

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* 105, 101 David Roe * 104 Phil Williams * 104 Wayne Brown * 102

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* 102

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* 102 Marco Fu * 101 Andrew Higginson * 101 Anthony Hamilton

Televised stage centuries

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, 135, 118 John Higgins * 138 Michael Judge * 135, 135, 134, 133, 121, 120 Stephen Hendry * 130, 127 Ken Doherty * 130

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* 123 Alan McManus * 120 Stephen Lee * 116, 100 Dominic Dale * 115, 105 Quinten Hann * 114 David Gray * 112, 104 Paul Hunter * 111, 109 Matthew Stevens * 111, 104 Mark Williams * 109, 106, 100, 100 Ronnie O'Sullivan * 107 Gerard Greene * 107 Graeme Dott * 104 Michael Holt

References

{{Snooker season 2003/2004 British Open (snooker)

Open (snooker)